Since I've been experiencing reboots even with stock ROM, I decided to send my Galaxy Y to repair.
Besides flashing stock ROM through Odin, is there anything else I need to do in order to not void my warranty?!
c1b3rz said:
Since I've been experiencing reboots even with stock ROM, I decided to send my Galaxy Y to repair.
Besides flashing stock ROM through Odin, is there anything else I need to do in order to not void my warranty?!
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yes.
You need to reset your custom bin counter if its not showing 0 count.
You can use galaxy toolbox app by dicky73 to do that.
If its showing 0, yoi don't need to do anything else.
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Counter is 0
Stock rom, counter 0; ready to go or is there anything else?
c1b3rz said:
Counter is 0
Stock rom, counter 0; ready to go or is there anything else?
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Nothing else. Just a stock rom from odin (your region only).
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Anyone tried flashing a stock rom after raising the Knox void flag?
I read somewhere, someone saying that its not possible to flash a stock rom after the flag activating....
If it is possible, do we lose OTA functionality?
Thanks
illusion786 said:
Anyone tried flashing a stock rom after raising the Knox void flag?
I read somewhere, someone saying that its not possible to flash a stock rom after the flag activating....
If it is possible, do we lose OTA functionality?
Thanks
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I'm wondering the same thing...I don't care about the warranty but if I sell the phone after the one year Samsung warranty is up I would like to be able to put it back to a state where the next owner will receive OTA updates.
bp328i said:
I'm wondering the same thing...I don't care about the warranty but if I sell the phone after the one year Samsung warranty is up I would like to be able to put it back to a state where the next owner will receive OTA updates.
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Already flashed it twice after trashing it a few times, after flashing stock my status changed back to official, I have never seen any knox warnings since I did not install the knox app samsung leaves a link for
lorinkundert said:
Already flashed it twice after trashing it a few times, after flashing stock my status changed back to official, I have never seen any knox warnings since I did not install the knox app samsung leaves a link for
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Cool, so in regards to flashing back to stock, were you able to flash any (csc/region) stock rom or were you limited to your own csc that came with the phone.
illusion786 said:
Cool, so in regards to flashing back to stock, were you able to flash any (csc/region) stock rom or were you limited to your own csc that came with the phone.
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I am in Hong Kong, there are no restirctions
Hello everyone
I am now on CyanogenMod and I'm kinda sick of this "clean Android" and would like to go back to Samsung's TouchWiz.
The problem is I tripped Knox to 0x1 when I moved to CyangoenMod.
Can I go back to Stock or the Knox won't allow?
What procedure do I need to do to go back to stock?
Meyhemg said:
Hello everyone
I am now on CyanogenMod and I'm kinda sick of this "clean Android" and would like to go back to Samsung's TouchWiz.
The problem is I tripped Knox to 0x1 when I moved to CyangoenMod.
Can I go back to Stock or the Knox won't allow?
What procedure do I need to do to go back to stock?
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Download your Stock firmware from here base from your country and flash it via odin. Have a nice day.
Repulsa said:
Download your Stock firmware from here base from your country and flash it via odin. Have a nice day.
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Just download and flash regularly? Without any TriangleAway or things like that?
And what about this Knox?
Meyhemg said:
Just download and flash regularly? Without any TriangleAway or things like that?
And what about this Knox?
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Yup Just flash the stock rom and you should be fine and about Knox , dont worry about it because your phone is already voided , nothing else you can do about it until someone figure it out to reset it..and about the triangle away you can use this once you rooted your phone so that your Binary will be reset.
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Yup Just flash the stock rom and you should be fine and about Knox , dont worry about it because your phone is already voided , nothing else you can do about it until someone figure it out to reset it..and about the triangle away you can use this once you rooted your phone so that your Binary will be reset.
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So after I install the stock I don't need to use Triangle Away?
Will I be able to receive OTA updates even though my Knox is 0x1?
Hi,
forget OTA updates,
and use always Odin for the updates.
It's better and faster
Yeah I know about it but anyway, will I be able to get OTA updates? And do I need to use Triangle Away after stock installation?
Hello guys, i have recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500. I switched from ios to android and i am loving it so far. I have a couple of questions: I want to root my device. Does this affect the binary counter? Also if i have a problem with my device and i have warranty, will i be able to format my device (un-root)? Also will this affect binary counter? I don't want to loose my 2 years warranty. Thanks!
PS: While i was on IOS i received a lot of support on reddit but when i asked for android stuff, i never got any response. Is this the right forum for a beginner like me?
Arjoni said:
Hello guys, i have recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500. I switched from ios to android and i am loving it so far. I have a couple of questions: I want to root my device. Does this affect the binary counter? Also if i have a problem with my device and i have warranty, will i be able to format my device (un-root)? Also will this affect binary counter? I don't want to loose my 2 years warranty. Thanks!
PS: While i was on IOS i received a lot of support on reddit but when i asked for android stuff, i never got any response. Is this the right forum for a beginner like me?
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1)Yes rooting will affect your binary counter.
2) Yes you can unroot your device to gain back warranty.
BUT the binary counter is HIDDEN!
So you can just reset the STATUS(which is official for stock n custom for unofficial)
There is an app called Triangle away which resets this counter but it only available for i9505 n not for i9500.
you have one more problem that is Knox In some service centers do not pay attention to it, but in others lose two year warranty on the phone
AIkizov said:
you have one more problem that is Knox In some service centers do not pay attention to it, but in others lose two year warranty on the phone
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Yes absolutely a problem. I forgot to mention it. If any unofficial stuff is flashed then this knox pox is triggered.
Mandark52 said:
1)Yes rooting will affect your binary counter.
2) Yes you can unroot your device to gain back warranty.
BUT the binary counter is HIDDEN!
So you can just reset the STATUS(which is official for stock n custom for unofficial)
There is an app called Triangle away which resets this counter but it only available for i9505 n not for i9500.
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you have one more problem that is Knox In some service centers do not pay attention to it, but in others lose two year warranty on the phone
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So does this mean i shouldn't root? I don't want to loose my warranty...
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So does this mean i shouldn't root? I don't want to loose my warranty...
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Where do you live? In the UK, for example, (and I believe the EU as a whole) then it doesn't matter if you trip Knox.
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So does this mean i shouldn't root? I don't want to loose my warranty...
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First have a look on the stickies of Knox discussion. You wont get official software updates if you trip knox(as recovery is custom aftr rooting) n there are knox friendly rooting methods. But I dont really care about knox and after rooting it is upto you that you aint flashing anything wrong or not following the instructions. All the best.
Arjoni said:
So does this mean i shouldn't root? I don't want to loose my warranty...
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I personally am currently with stock firmware
Twice my phone was in service for Knox experiments that I did
Had twice to change the motherboard, but it was replaced under warranty because I have a version that my phone and just motherboard died and there is nothing to see in the Samsung service centre
Knox is a major obstacle
The choice is yours
andyjg247 said:
Where do you live? In the UK, for example, (and I believe the EU as a whole) then it doesn't matter if you trip Knox.
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Mandark52 said:
First have a look on the stickies of Knox discussion. You wont get official software updates if you trip knox(as recovery is custom aftr rooting) n there are knox friendly rooting methods. But I dont really care about knox and after rooting it is upto you that you aint flashing anything wrong or not following the instructions. All the best.
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I personally am currently with stock firmware
Twice my phone was in service for Knox experiments that I did
Had twice to change the motherboard, but it was replaced under warranty because I have a version that my phone and just motherboard died and there is nothing to see in the Samsung service centre
Knox is a major obstacle
The choice is yours
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i want to make it clear that i don't intend to flash a custom ROM. I just want to root my stock firmware (4.4.2) and then to unroot (format with the stock ROM). Will this flag Knox and the counter? will that avoid my warranty? sorry for all of these questions but i just moved on android. thank you
Arjoni said:
i want to make it clear that i don't intend to flash a custom ROM. I just want to root my stock firmware (4.4.2) and then to unroot (format with the stock ROM). Will this flag Knox and the counter? will that avoid my warranty? sorry for all of these questions but i just moved on android. thank you
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your warranty will void
AIkizov said:
your warranty will void
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so samsung doesn't allow you to format your device? well i think i am going back to ios... -_-
Arjoni said:
so samsung doesn't allow you to format your device? well i think i am going back to ios... -_-
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have the ability to format, but the stock rom allows do not have permission to freely manipulate software - Void your warranty
Arjoni said:
i want to make it clear that i don't intend to flash a custom ROM. I just want to root my stock firmware (4.4.2) and then to unroot (format with the stock ROM). Will this flag Knox and the counter? will that avoid my warranty? sorry for all of these questions but i just moved on android. thank you
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As I said previously that you should know what are you flashing and what will happen after it. If you flash anything by not following the correct procedure then you ll pay for it. I rooted my s4 3 months ago and immediately took a backup of my OS through a custom recovery. This backup helps me if something gets wrong. And I really dont care about about Knox because what you lose is only OTA updates and nothing else. So after rooting even you can backup your OS n stay on stock as long you want. Choice is yours. All the best.
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As I said previously that you should know what are you flashing and what will happen after it. If you flash anything by not following the correct procedure then you ll pay for it. I rooted my s4 3 months ago and immediately took a backup of my OS through a custom recovery. This backup helps me if something gets wrong. And I really dont care about about Knox because what you lose is only OTA updates and nothing else. So after rooting even you can backup your OS n stay on stock as long you want. Choice is yours. All the best.
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Triggered Knox not prevent for receive OTA updates
AIkizov said:
Triggered Knox not prevent for receive OTA updates
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As stock recovery of the phone changes there will be no OTA updates for that device it ll say THE DEVICE SETTINGS HAS BEEN CHANGED or something similar to it. And stock recovery is replaced by philz touch or cwm while rooting. And side by side this knox pox is also triggered.
Mandark52 said:
As stock recovery of the phone changes there will be no OTA updates for that device it ll say THE DEVICE SETTINGS HAS BEEN CHANGED or something similar to it. And stock recovery is replaced by philz touch or cwm while rooting. And side by side this knox pox is also triggered.
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now just talking about root that does not alter RecoverŅ
Arjoni said:
i want to make it clear that i don't intend to flash a custom ROM. I just want to root my stock firmware (4.4.2) and then to unroot (format with the stock ROM). Will this flag Knox and the counter? will that avoid my warranty? sorry for all of these questions but i just moved on android. thank you
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If your warranty will be void depends strongly on in which country you live. There is no yes or no answer.
Flash anything but an official Samsung package through Odin and it will trigger the Knox flag and change the device status to Custom. OTA updates will stop.
Re flashing an official Samsung package afterwards will change the device back to Official and OTA updates will resume. But the Knox flag will still show as triggered. Theres no way to reset it.
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Hello,
i have SM-N900 Galaxy Note 3 with Exynos processor, i got this phone around 6 months or more. In these past 6 months, i never root doing any tweaks with Odin / any other HH tweaker because i dont have the courage to do so. I want to root it since i have this phone, but knowing there is Knox tripping and such, i never try to root.
And then, i just read some articles to check out your Knox warranty, because i'm curious about 'if' there is any Knox Warranty void on Exynos version, i tried to install Phone Info - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vndnguyen.phoneinfo - and then i checked out, my Knox warranty void is 0x1.
I also getting inside Odin Mode, and the Knox warranty Void is 1, but my Phone status is Samsung Official, the rest is Official.
I read this helpful post to reset KNOX counter on SM-N900: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52329946&nocache=1 , on those steps, it said it needs to flash Stock ROM to remove the Custom status of your device to back into Official, after you flash the bootloader for resetting Knox warranty void.
Question:
1) I wonder, can we only go through the 1st step, just only flash the bootloader with odin to my Galaxy note 3, only to reset the Knox warranty void back to 0, without flashing the stock Rom afterwards? because i don't want to wipe out my phone and lost all my data (I know i can backup it via Kies), and my phone status is already Official.
2) Does flashing the bootloader itself, will wipe your data inside your phone?
Thanks before for any answers!
Hello, sorry for bumping my thread, just hope someone can answer the questions
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Hello, sorry for bumping my thread, just hope someone can answer the questions
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if i am not wrong ... and as i used to do with note 1 back then
installing a stock rom over another stock rom does not require to wipe data but maybe this is different since u have to flash a bootloader
sorry ... i know i did not help much
Its imposible to reset Knox from 0x1 to 0x0. Unfortunately.
passenger77 said:
if i am not wrong ... and as i used to do with note 1 back then
installing a stock rom over another stock rom does not require to wipe data but maybe this is different since u have to flash a bootloader
sorry ... i know i did not help much
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So it won't remove my data at all?
verny94 said:
Its imposible to reset Knox from 0x1 to 0x0. Unfortunately.
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Only SM-N900 device working, other version like SM-N9005 isn't working (link provided above is already tested), i tried to PM that guy who does the trick, but still no respond.
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djangosteen said:
So it won't remove my data at all?
as i said .. if u install a stock rom over another one . u dont have to wie data at all and u wont lose any thing ..
but since u gona use another file with the stock rom (( the bootloader )))
u better see the steps for this way .. maybe it is require ti wipe and format .
better ask the man who wrote that ........
Only SM-N900 device working, other version like SM-N9005 isn't working (link provided above is already tested), i tried to PM that guy who does the trick, but still no respond.
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RuchRha has given all the instruction in his thread...just follow them...also check my post in q&a section...you may need the official firmware with bootloader file.
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so....if I reset knox counter and put everything to official will it reset my flash counter?and will I bee able to use knox again??
This guy is resetting knox back to 0x0 on he's exynos note 3. Looks real, should it work on a snapdragon note 3?
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vmvuixd3LY
TonyM77 said:
This guy is resetting knox back to 0x0 on he's exynos note 3. Looks real, should it work on a snapdragon note 3?
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vmvuixd3LY
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No
Sent from my leanKernel 3.13 powered stock 4.4.2 (NF9) SM-N900T
Hey to me it seems that it does not factory reset the device until you have to move on to the the step
See this link: http://blog.flexispy.com/how-to-downgrade-a-samsung-galaxy-note-3-from-os-4-4-2-to-4-3/
Scroll down to where they begin flashing the bootloader itself. They instruct you to wipe after the bootloader is flashed.
Only way to find to find out is to just do it.
How did Kox get tripped btw? You said you never rooted mainly because of that reason.
If it is already tripped you should just root it, install cwm, do a nandroid backup and try the method in the second link you posted.
So if it fails you just recover your nandroid backup and back to square one.
Hope this helps!
My question is this...I rooted through towel root and installed a stock ROM for google play. I would like to know how to return to T-Mobile stock ROM so I can return phone in case of warranty issues.
I'm curious as to the step by step process. I can find the build if I need to. I didn't save the stock ROM in clockwork mod. Its a T-Mobile s4 sgh-m919
Any help is greatly appreciated. If not, its not the end of the world. I just wanted to see if I could do it.
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My question is this...I rooted through towel root and installed a stock ROM for google play. I would like to know how to return to T-Mobile stock ROM so I can return phone in case of warranty issues.
I'm curious as to the step by step process. I can find the build if I need to. I didn't save the stock ROM in clockwork mod. Its a T-Mobile s4 sgh-m919
Any help is greatly appreciated. If not, its not the end of the world. I just wanted to see if I could do it.
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Hi mate ,
As long as you did not trip the knox you can flash a stock rom for your country and carrier from here
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9505&pcode=XTE#firmware
And it will be just like new.
You have to use Odin to do it
And even if you have tripped the knox flag you can still flash back to stock.
Many service centers will not look into it and will just service the phone anyway as long as you have stock.
is it possible
Sergio Barbosa said:
And even if you have tripped the knox flag you can still flash back to stock.
Many service centers will not look into it and will just service the phone anyway as long as you have stock.
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to flash without odin? I did the root with CWM and towel root as I have a mac.
Chad
chadbordes said:
to flash without odin? I did the root with CWM and towel root as I have a mac.
Chad
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Mate ,
You mention " return phone in case of warranty issues." your warranty is void if the knox bit is set if you have a custom recovery or flash a custom rom , the knox bit is set.
Go to download mode there you will see if is set
chadbordes said:
to flash without odin? I did the root with CWM and towel root as I have a mac.
Chad
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Flash with Odin using a PC, yes. I have done it many times.
I do not know what to do if you only have a Mac.
Of course If knox is set warranty is void, but many times they will overlook it. It is always worth a try.
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Mate ,
You mention " return phone in case of warranty issues." your warranty is void if the knox bit is set if you have a custom recovery or flash a custom rom , the knox bit is set.
Go to download mode there you will see if is set
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I'm not so much concerned about warranty. I would just like to flash back to stock. Is there an easy way to do that with Mac? Or can it only be done with windows? I rotted and installed GPE with only my galaxy. Not sure if unroot and restock is possible that way. I am a total newb. Sorry
chadbordes said:
I'm not so much concerned about warranty. I would just like to flash back to stock. Is there an easy way to do that with Mac? Or can it only be done with windows? I rotted and installed GPE with only my galaxy. Not sure if unroot and restock is possible that way. I am a total newb. Sorry
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Hi mate ,
Is not possible with Odin ........BUT you can use Heimdal
check this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42892782&postcount=4